Movies! Movies! Movies! (Non-Japanese)

Back from Terminator Salvation.... Not bad. :victory:

It was a good actioner... Not as good as Star Trek story-wise, but I enjoyed it... I'd give it a 8.5/10. :)

Like Star Trek, the past/present/future thing is sorta confusing, but it wasn't a deal-breaker... It falls into the category of Suspension of Disbelief. :victory:

Down side: crappy trailers and a couple who brought their three-year old to the movie... :shakehead: Damn kind was running around the aisles throughoutt the film... Idiots. :grumble:

bmwracer wrote:Back from Terminator Salvation.... Not bad. :victory:

It was a good actioner... Not as good as Star Trek story-wise, but I enjoyed it... I'd give it a 8.5/10. :)

Like Star Trek, the past/present/future thing is sorta confusing, but it wasn't a deal-breaker... It falls into the category of Suspension of Disbelief. :victory:

Down side: crappy trailers and a couple who brought their three-year old to the movie... :shakehead: Damn kind was running around the aisles throughoutt the film... Idiots. :grumble:

I just got back from watching Terminator Salvation and I enjoyed it for the summer action flick that it was. There wasn't anything wowed me, but it wasn't a snoozer like the X-Men Origins movie.

The couple who brought the three year old should've been booted. What kind of parents just let their kids run around the aisles without a care for the child's safety, or even consider the others watching the movie?

deseipher wrote:I just got back from watching Terminator Salvation and I enjoyed it for the summer action flick that it was. There wasn't anything wowed me, but it wasn't a snoozer like the X-Men Origins movie.

I didn't have any interest in the Origins flick at all... The effects in Terminator were really good... No surprise coming from ILM.

The face during the final battle really surprised me... It wowed the entire theater audience... :D

The couple who brought the three year old should've been booted. What kind of parents just let their kids run around the aisles without a care for the child's safety, or even consider the others watching the movie?

Pretty stupid to bring a kid to this movie in the first place.... Almost as dumb as that couple who brought their elementary-age kid to a screening of Se7en... :shakehead: :crazy:

bmwracer wrote:Back from Terminator Salvation.... Not bad. :victory:

It was a good actioner... Not as good as Star Trek story-wise, but I enjoyed it... I'd give it a 8.5/10. :)

"8.5"? That's pretty high score.... so, I'm assuming you gave T2 a "10" then. How did it compare to you? ... cause it's hard for me to see any followup Terminators to rank anywhere close to the 2nd.



Likewise, did the recent Star Trek come close to the original 6 motion pics? I loved the originals, but I'm wary of seeing these newer films done by different directors/writers. :sweat:

adub2adub wrote:
Likewise, did the recent Star Trek come close to the original 6 motion pics? I loved the originals, but I'm wary of seeing these newer films done by different directors/writers. :sweat:

The new Star Trek film is a very different experience from the first 6 films. I was wary of it because I'm a Trekker from the first-run days of TOS and married to canon, but I greatly enjoyed it and would recommend other Trekkers to go see it... it's a LOT of fun. It retains most of the best of the original while re-invigorating it with something new. It's not without it problems in various ways, but definitely worth the ticket price.

Actually, I never liked TNG as a series, but really enjoyed the films. You should give them a try, too, sometime. :)

adub2adub wrote:"8.5"? That's pretty high score.... so, I'm assuming you gave T2 a "10" then. How did it compare to you? ... cause it's hard for me to see any followup Terminators to rank anywhere close to the 2nd.

Oh yeah, T2 is a clear 10... I didn't find T4 particularly suspenseful in comparison to the first two, but like I said it was a good action flick...

As someone pointed out in Facebook, maybe the problem with the latter two is that they're missing Linda Hamilton: the first two films were driven by her story and without her, the focus isn't clear enough.

Likewise, did the recent Star Trek come close to the original 6 motion pics? I loved the originals, but I'm wary of seeing these newer films done by different directors/writers. :sweat:

As far as the previous movies go, The Wrath of Khan and The Voyage Home are the two best and the only ones I have on DVD... The rest don't cut it at all.

toyotaku wrote:The new Star Trek film is a very different experience from the first 6 films. I was wary of it because I'm a Trekker from the first-run days of TOS and married to canon, but I greatly enjoyed it and would recommend other Trekkers to go see it... it's a LOT of fun. It retains most of the best of the original while re-invigorating it with something new. It's not without it problems in various ways, but definitely worth the ticket price.

I agree wholeheartedly. :thumbsup:

Actually, I never liked TNG as a series, but really enjoyed the films. You should give them a try, too, sometime. :)

Same here: I only liked TOS and continue to watch it in reruns... I pretty much never watched any of the subsequent series after that... They just didn't move me.

toyotaku wrote:

The new Star Trek film is a very different experience from the first 6 films. I was wary of it because I'm a Trekker from the first-run days of TOS and married to canon, but I greatly enjoyed it and would recommend other Trekkers to go see it... it's a LOT of fun. It retains most of the best of the original while re-invigorating it with something new. It's not without it problems in various ways, but definitely worth the ticket price.

I don't consider myself a Trekkie, so not following canon fully wouldn't bother me too much. Yet, I really enjoyed the original cast members and seeing them replaced by different, younger actors concerns me a bit.

But ... the reviews have been great, so I'm convinced that it's still a must-see. :thumbsup:

I'm kinda surprised nobody seemed to like TNG ... since that was the one Trek series I did enjoy. The other series were forgettable, but I liked the TNG cast along with the original. I guess TNG had too little action and was mostly story-driven ... probably turned people off. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:As someone pointed out in Facebook, maybe the problem with the latter two is that they're missing Linda Hamilton: the first two films were driven by her story and without her, the focus isn't clear enough.

That was probably part of it ... but the Terminator films need a great villain, like T1000.... in contrast to the lack of one in T4 and that awful female one in T3. :bleh:

Robert Patrick was such a creepy dude. :beaten:

adub2adub wrote:I guess TNG had too little action and was mostly story-driven ... probably turned people off. :sweat:

I thought TOS was rather story-driven as well... The effects were never that great, but the stories and cast interaction were usually top-notch.

I never liked the cast of TNG, particularly the Captain: too Shakespearean for my taste... Every time he spoke, I thought I was watching a scene from Macbeth... :sweat:

Surprisingly, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian beat Terminator Salvation at the box office, $53M to $43M... :shocked:

bmwracer wrote:Surprisingly, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian beat Terminator Salvation at the box office, $53M to $43M... :shocked:

Never underestimate the power of kids :)

Anime Dad wrote:Never underestimate the power of kids :)

As long as they remain quiet in the theater.

bmwracer wrote:Back from Terminator Salvation.... Not bad. :victory:

It was a good actioner... Not as good as Star Trek story-wise, but I enjoyed it... I'd give it a 8.5/10. :)

Like Star Trek, the past/present/future thing is sorta confusing, but it wasn't a deal-breaker... It falls into the category of Suspension of Disbelief. :victory:

My son and I saw this last night. I would give it 8/10, even though Arnie is (sort of) there, it's not the same without him. Aussie Sam Worthington was very good though.

The most recent movie I saw was Star Trek. Made me dizzy at times, but even though I'm not a ST fan, I thought it was good overall and wouldn't mind watching the TV series. Also had to mention that Karl Urban was just :inlove:

sadacori wrote:The most recent movie I saw was Star Trek. Made me dizzy at times, but even though I'm not a ST fan, I thought it was good overall and wouldn't mind watching the TV series. Also had to mention that Karl Urban was just :inlove:

I'm not one to go to the movies by myself, so I doubt i'll ever see this. I don't know anybody who would go to see this with me :(

Anime Dad wrote:I'm not one to go to the movies by myself, so I doubt i'll ever see this. I don't know anybody who would go to see this with me :(

I go by myself all the time.... I just catch the first show of the day: it's less stressful/embarrassing. :sweat:

Anime Dad wrote:

I'm not one to go to the movies by myself, so I doubt i'll ever see this. I don't know anybody who would go to see this with me :(

Not even your son?

bmwracer wrote:
I go by myself all the time.... I just catch the first show of the day: it's less stressful/embarrassing. :sweat:

I would do that too, but there are no movies that I absolutely need to see in the theaters. I'm also the kind of girl who prefers watching movies with someone..

sadacori wrote:

Not even your son?.

He's not a Star Trek fan. :sweat:

sadacori wrote:I would do that too, but there are no movies that I absolutely need to see in the theaters. I'm also the kind of girl who prefers watching movies with someone..

I'd prefer watching a movie with someone either, but you guys live too far away, so I have to go it alone... :sweat:

Besides, taking a Friday off to see a movie on its opening weekend beats being at work... Even if you go alone. :victory: